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Pick of the Week
Anthony Gould, editor in chief, Post Magazine outlines the major general insurance news stories from ...
Head of marine at PWS
Broker PWS is close to recruiting a "high profile" replacement for its former head of marine who def...
Unitas underwriter plan
Unitas Alliance has announced plans to launch an underwriting agency while confirming Perkins Slade ...
Deadline warning for insurers
Insurers and reinsurers were urged to play a full part in the forthcoming consultation on insurance ...
Insurer refocuses structure
Ecclesiastical Insurance has announced that appointments will be made for areas of finance, risk, te...
Appointment at Dual International
Dual International, has appointed Russell Kilpatrick to its board. Mr Kilpatrick is managing directo...
Chartered status launch
Chartered status for broking firms is being introduced by the CII. Almost 2000 individuals already h...
Tesco seeks partners to allay slump
Tesco is hoping to reverse falling profits in its financial services arm and is courting the market ...
Smaller brokers playing catch up on TCF
Smaller general insurance brokers are continuing to fall behind their peers at larger firms in the r...
Post Claims Club: Advisory Board
Chair: Anthony Gould , editor in chief, Post Board: Steve Eckhardt , senior claims officer, AI...
Sonae confirms broker bid
Portuguese multinational Sonae Group this week confirmed a £28m investment in Cooper Gay, as reveale...
Internet business boosts profits to £2.9m
Independent software house CDL has reported consolidated turnover of £14.6m for the year ending 30th...
Rivals join to combat fees
Two rival personal injury claims specialists have joined forces, creating a market-wide personal inj...
New broker partnerships sought after £8.3m sale
RI3K has revealed it will conclude an electronic trading deal with a 'major broker' by the end of th...
Fears over payment awards
A legal expert has warned of more bad news for insurers after another periodical payment award was l...
Appointment at Beazley
Beazley Group has hired Carmela O'Neal as a senior underwriter responsible for the eastern region of...
What the papers said this week
Bristol Evening Post A gay entrepreneur who started his business in Bristol during the 1980s has ...
Law Society responds to criticism of PI time limits
Anna Rowland, policy manager of the Law Society's legal policy unit, defended the controversial time...
Kutak moves to Glacier
Glacier Reinsurance has appointed Marcel Kutak as senior claims manager. Mr Kutak joined following e...
New figures show fraud is on the increase
The Attorney General Lord Goldsmith is expected to announce a string of measures to help combat frau...
Stamping out the 'culture of contempt'
Reform is high on the agenda of the Claims Club, as the industry sees itself challenged to respond to two major consultation papers on personal injury claims and insurance contract law. Lynn Rouse reports
Appointment at Searchlight
Searchlight has appointed Alison Drake to the role of relationship and development manager. Previous...
Bach spearheads Hiscox
Hiscox has recruited Carl Bach, formerly of Ace, to its global markets division in order to spearhea...
Appointment at Aspen
Aspen Insurance Holdings has appointed Matthew Yeldham as head of international insurance. Mr Yeldha...